Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 5, pp. 1-27
This study assesses the simultaneous openness hypothesis that trade modulates foreign direct investment (FDI) to induce positive net effects on total factor productivity (TFP) dynamics. Twenty-five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and data for the period 1980 to 2014 are used. The empirical...